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I got another generic PC at the local college. Wow, this one is nice: It has a glossy black Antec case and a KT4Ultra board in it, that's about it except for th…
Hey all - I've got a huge conquest... a graphic design firm near me was dumping their old macs to make room, and I was able to help myself to a bunch of olde be…
Hey gang, How big can an HFS (aka Mac OS Standard) partition be? I always thought they could be huge, but I've been having some trouble formatting a CF card wit…
I've wanted a 3400c for years, but never saw one on eBay at a price I was willing to pay for something that would be relegated to tinker-thing. But an hour or s…
First: Is the floppy drive in a SE 1/20 capable of read/write 1,44 MB disks? Second: What software do I need in order it can read/write ms-dos disks? Third: Wha…
I saw a 45W Powerbook power brick for $5 or so at the thrift store. Still needing one for my Wallstreet, I had a question before buying it. It appeared to be ma…
when the computer gets bumped it sometimes turns off when running on a battery, according to the repair manual, it needs a foam gasket to keep it in tighter. Th…
Seems like THIS digital picture frame could be set up to use a VNC client to stream video and use it as a remote monitor, with a simple software hack. With ever…
For those of you who don't know about Weird Stuff Warehouse, it's this big(10,000 sq.ft) computer store in Sunnyvale (miles from where I live). They buy lots of…
I found on eBay awhile back a "non functioning" 500 MHz Pismo for $60 shipped. Used my standard Pismo plug and voila, it booted up! Those 500MHz's are hard to f…
While I was taking a bike ride the other day, I passed what looked like an old Windows computer. I payed no attention to it. But after a few minutes, I decided …
I have an opportunity to pickup one up locally for $100. 512mb ram, 40gb hard drive, DVD-R, and keyboard. Go for it?
Hello. I'm looking for some info regarding my Plus. Seems to me that mine is facing that video dropout problem: after running for 10 minutes (sometimes less) th…
Hi, I've not really been playing with my old Apple II stuff, but am going to try and spend a bit more time on it. I was just wondering what the view was on the …
Yes. I got a case that looks like it's designed for Microsoft Office disks, but it contained: Mac OS X 10.1 Mac OS X Developer Tools 10.1 Mac OS 9.2.1 Spressa P…
So I have access to a couple of PM 9600/200s, and I think I'd really like to use one of them to replace my current 8500 setup, as I'm really feeling a slot limi…
Is this possible? In searching, all I can find is info on SCSI disk mode, which is not what I need for this project. We want to be able to use programs that exi…
I´m looking for the Mac OS 8.6 drivers Orange Micro once provided for their two port FireWire 400 PCI cards. While Mac OS 9.1 up to 9.2.2 seem to recognize that…
Okay, so not precisely Mac-related, but still very cool! I have some search terms saved as RSS feeds in my local Craigslist, and one of them is "Commodore." Yes…
Hi, I'm a 28-year-old Mac fan with a small, but functional collection of a few Macs. I have been in love with Apples ever since I got my hands on them at school…
Now THIS is a sweet little package. Well, I would hardly call it little, compare the original PowerBook 100 packaging with that of the MacBook Air. LOL Arguably…
I picked up a few things. first: 2x 512MB PC-133 Memory. I have bumped my Dual G4 500Mhz Sawtooth from 1GB up to 1.5GB after replacing the 2x 256MB with dual 51…
I have a portable that's been in my garage storage for about 15 years. I just had the battery rebuilt with new cells, and that seems fine. However, the Conner 4…
So today I went to the tip shop, as i often do, and went way up the back, as I usually do where I saw an old PC. Little AT box, power supply, video card, CD-ROM…
A neighbor was selling a Powerbook G4 (unknown specs beyond that) at a yard sale this morning. I was told that he had gotten it from someone and it wouldn't wor…
My wife out of town for a few days and returned with an HP Pavilion 533w. 2ghz Celeron 768 MB RAM (1x512MB, 1x256MB) DVD Combo drive 60 GB hard disk Motherboard…
Name this strange thing and you deserve a cookie. I found it in a box of RAM I was sent, and don't need it, maybe I'll sell it if I get a good offer. http://mrm…
Hey guys Just a quick question. I have a PowerBook 180 I just received and if the battery is plugged into the machine when the AC adapter is connected it will n…
Hi wonder if anyone can help. I have a Powerbook 540c that was in full working order. Unfortunately the screen appears to have developed a fault. I was using th…
i have a powerbook 180 and it seems harder and harder to find programs that would fit on a floppy. i wonder what acessories i could use with the 180 becides the…
ok, i recently got a 180 tht wont power up, and a 150 with weird display. i plug the 180 in, and nothing, i tried resetting the pmu, and nothing. any suggestion…
In order to file a claim to get my unfortunately destroyed Performa 5420, which I originally scored in Japan, I need to provide replacement/repair estimates. Ho…
Is anybody buying this? http://cgi.ebay.com/Connectix-Ram-Speed-Doubler-Mac-Vintage-Mac-Software_W0QQitemZ110295917282QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 The…
Hi All I guess this old news but I guess this is a good place to put it. My finds down the street 4 houses to be exact two weeks ago. I just find out about you …
Added a few things to my Mac pile. I picked up a 333mhz Bondi Blue tray loader. I will use it to upgrade my other 266mhz tray loader. I was surprized when I boo…
I've never seen it myself until now, but I've heard of it. The cursor turns into a little bomb icon. So weird. http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0324p…
Hmmmrmph I thought i was nearly there. A 68k torrent client? yup. I followed the directions on this site http://www.btfaq.com/serve/cache/11.html to make a rude…
Very random conquest indeed today...I went to a store known as Half Price Books to see if I could find a few new albums for my car on cassette. I was specifical…
My PowerBook 170 has developed a bit of a screen problem. It displays gibberish unless I keep adjusting it. Eventually the screen will get to be OK but sometime…
Can someone shed some light on this? About 5 minutes ago(from the time this thread is posted) I got the error/sad mac. What happened?
Hi guys, As some of you will already know, I'm currently having fun restoring a thrift-store-salvaged Beige G3 Tower - I've successfully upgraded the RAM, creat…
Granted, I haven't yet fully catalogued that van-full of stuff yet, and that was about two months ago.... I have a guy that has been giving me stuff of his and …
Hello, This is my first post here and I had no idea that there were people out that that still have a passion for older Mac systems, what a great resource this …
Since I'm using CD-ROM Toolkit on my LC, which includes CDT Remote, I am wondering if there's any way I can upgrade to a new CD Audio player that will run under…
This eBay auction seems to indicate the Outbound could be hooked up to a Plus or SE for "more power". However, I thought it was a stand-alone computer that used…
Actually the title says it all. I wuld like to run an LCIII on System 6. Any ieas?